Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-15

Charles Stern that this gentleman and his
family are disposed to resent the undue
familiarity.
Crawfordville Democrat: While court
was IN session last week 1t was noticed
that Col. Mitchell would very often go to
small satche, in which he had some
specially selected law books, and make
references. Several Of his visiting attOr-
neys noticed this, and while he was wax
ing VAIN in presenting his argument to
the jury they filed his saLchel with four
or five empty bottles, and when the
Colonel turned to make his accustom ed
reference opening his satchel the bottles
were exposed. Judge Lumpkin notified
the Colonel that he need not hope to con-
troll the court with such argument as was
then shiningly exposed upon the table
fronting the court.
Elberton Gazette: 1t is said that man
In Georgia made ninety bales of cotton on
about twenty acres of land last year, one
horse and two good hands ought to Guilt
yate twenty acres well, and to cultivate
ninety acres it would require four horses
and about eight hands in the ordinary
way, and twenty bales would be about an
average crop on the ninety acres. BY the
intensive system of farming the extra eX-
pense of keeping and FEEDING three horses
and six hands is saved, which adds that
land it adds that much to the value of it,
and it is still clear profit 1t is the eX-
pense of feeding too many hands and
keeping too many head Of stock that
keeps most farmers poor.
Macon's banking and home loan CAPT.
tai is $l,500,0 600. BY a careful count.
Macon's aggregate sales of 1886 foot up
over $10,000000. An order for 1000 stoves
was sent out of Macon recently. There
lu IN 10 tor
ritOry, aud they are reached by l,S00 miles
OF direct railroad. One house in Macon,
whose annual business is about 100000,
does a business in the West of over
$2,000,00 annually. 1t may be set down
as fact that within two or three
months Macon will have steel plow
factory in operation. The seed
Store has increased % per cent. over last
years business. This house sends seed
to all parts of the United States, and ire
quently outside OF the Union. A. b.
Small, who deals largely with the farm
ers, says: 1.-The outlook for business is
very promising. Planters with whom L
deal are adherlng to their watchwOrd,
Thrift and economy. They restrict
themselves to the purchase OF absolute
necessities. | look for plenty of
money and large payments OF all
debts next fall. AS a body our
planters are frugal and Industrious"
A. y. Brown took TO the Hartwell
Sun office Friday piece of rock largely
impregnated with iron ore, 1t weighs
four or five times as much as a common
stone N same size, and the iron is plainly
discernibie; IN fact, it looks more like
iron than rock. 1t was picked up on the
land Of John Brown, In Hart county,
about mile from his mineral spring, the
water OF which is pronounced by the
State Chemist to be chalybeate OF the
finest quality. Mr.. Brown says there Is
en- inexnaustible mine OF iron ore there.
He also stated that before the war a
Northern company was organized for the
purpose OF working an iron mine at that
point, but that he supposeS the enterprise
was estopped by the war. During
the war ROCKS were picked up from the
surface and melted in an ordinary black
smith forge, and horseshoe nails were
made from iron taken from these rocks.
The nails were made in the shop of
Thomas z. Holbrook, deceased, from
whom Mr.. Brown got his Information.
Mr.. Leverett Cornog, deceased, sent a
specimen OF rock not near as rich in ore
TO the North and had it analyzed, and it
was pronounced to be 80 per cent. iron.
It is thought that the specimen in the
Sun Office is 80 to IS per cent. IRON. Mr..
CornOg got his specimen from different
place, not far from Mr.. Browns find. A
young man who recently worked in the
iron mines at Admission, Ala, says Mr.
Browns specimen has the same appear
ance as the ore there, only it is much
heavier.